Staff weeks

The staff weeks will be organised for both academic and administrative staff who have responsibilities over doctoral programmes and/or internalisation.

Staff week 1: From Cotutelles to Joint Programmes – Challenges and Opportunities

The aim of this staff week is to bring together and connect deans, researchers, doctoral candidates, administrative staff, and other university members involved with or interested in the administration and initiation of joint programmes at the doctoral level. We would like to create an opportunity to discuss the vision behind joint programmes and opportunities both for institutions and for individuals. We will also consider the legal and institutional framework relevant to establishing various forms of international collaboration, from cotutelles to international graduate programmes and joint degrees. Steps and stops on the way to joint doctoral education as well as insights into the reality of doctoral research in more than one institution will be at the focus.

The staff week took place between 21-23 september 2021 at the University of Bremen.

Staff week 2: International cooperation in doctoral education: Findings and the way forward

 

The second staff week will be organized by the University Carlos III de Madrid at the Madrid-Puerta de Toledo campus. The event will be organized as a hybrid event but on-site participation is encourages.

The three day event aims at bringing together and connect deans, advisors, researchers, doctoral candidates, administrative staff, and other university members involved with or interested in the administration and initiation of joint programmes or international cooperation at doctoral level. Opportunities will be created to discuss the vision behind joint programmes and opportunities of international cooperation for both institutions and individuals. The EU opportunities that Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions bring by its Doctoral Networks will also be considered. Experiences undergone by different international schemes will be presented. Finally, the main findings of interest to doctoral students learned along the project will be discussed. Steps and stops on the way to joint doctoral education as well as insights into the reality of doctoral research in more than one institution will be at the focus.

Travel and hotel information can be found here.

Registration

Please register through the registration form before the follwing deadlines:

  • For on-site participation: until 16/03/2022
  • For on-line participation: until 24/03/2022

Contact

For more information about the staff week, please contact:

Ms. Pilar Lázaro. uc3m Doctoral School (pilar.lazaro@uc3m.es)
Mr. Pawel Grzeskow. uc3m International Office (pgrzesko@pa.uc3m.es)

14:00. Welcome at Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus.

14:30. Registration (on-campus and on-line)

15:00-15:30. Official Welcome

Matilde Pilar Sánchez Fernández. Vice Rector for Internationalization and European University

Marco Celentani. Dean of the Doctoral School uc3m

15:30-16:00. Promoting Education Collaboration in YERUN

Silvia Gómez Recio. YERUN General Secretary

16:00-16:30. Coffee break

16:30-16:45. International Collaboration at Doctorate Level in depth: Brief presentation of the LINK EDU-RES Project.

Pieter Spooren. Director of Antwerp Doctoral School and Project Manager

16:45-17:45. Round table: Hotspots and main findings of interest to doctoral students

Chair: Pieter Spooren. University of Antwerp

Sanja Bahun. University of Essex

Helping doctoral candidates in their international choices: Toolbox for doctoral candidates

 

Marco Celentani. Dean of uc3m Doctoral School

Findings from doctoral graduates experiences

17:45. End of day 1

18:00. Optional city walk: Madrid de los Austrias

9:30-10:00. Coffee-chat (on campus)

10:00-10:05. Welcome and Overview of Day 2: Opportunities and Experiences in International Doctoral Collaboration

Ana Acebrón. Director of International Affairs-uc3m

10:05-11:30. Launching Doctoral Networks in Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Chair: Cristina Velasco, Head officer of European Research Projects-uc3m

 

Opportunities: European call for MSC Doctoral networks

Cristina Gómez. National Contact Point, FECYT, Spain

 

Round Table: Experiences in HORIZON 2020 Marie Curie Actions

    • uc3m experience: European Training Network, MSC Action. “New RAN TEchniques for 5G“
      • Ana García Armada (Project Leader at uc3m)
      • David A. Urquiza (Doctoral Candidate at uc3m)
    • IMDEA Materials-uc3m experience: European Training Network, MSC Action. “BIOIMPLANT“
      • Javier Llorca (Project leader at IMDEA Materials)
      • Mónica Campos (uc3m advisor)
      • Cillian Thompson (doctoral candidate at IMDEA-uc3m)
    • Summarizing

11:30-12:00. Coffee break

12:00-14:00. Joint Doctorates: a formal way to foster Doctoral Education: advantages and barriers

Chair: Marco Celentani, Dean of uc3m Doctoral School

    • uc3m Experience: Erasmus Mundus Plasma Physics PhD Program
      • José Miguel Reynolds (PhD Program Coordinator)
      • José Ramón Martín Solís (PhD Program Coordinator)
      • PhD graduates:
        • Luis Vela Vela. Senior Solution Engineer | LuxProvide (Luxembourg)
        • William A. Gracias .Monaco-ITER Post-doctoral Fellow, Iter Organisation (France)
        • Toon Weyens .Customer-facing Data Scientist@DataRobot (Netherlands)
        • Hugo Peraza Rodriguez ,Lead Design Engineer | ASML (Netherlands)
        • Masa Scepanovic, Senior Analyst, IDOM (Spain)
        • Alena GogolevaTechnical support engineer, Guidewire Software (Spain)
    • uc3m Experience: International Collaboration agreement fostering Doctoral Education: experience in the field of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
      • David Martín Gómez (uc3m promoter)
      • Carlo Regazzoni (Univ di Genova promoter)
      • doctoral candidate (to be confirmed)
    • Antwerp University Experience
    • Summarizing

14:00. End of Day 2

14:00-15:30. Lunch

20:00. Official Dinner

9:30-10:00. Coffee-chat (on campus)

10:0010:15. Welcome and Overview of Day 3. What we have learned along the Project, Looking at doctoral international cooperation

Marco Celentani, Dean of uc3m Doctoral School

 

10:15-11:00: Commonalities and barriers that we face when organizing Joint/Double PhD degrees

Lavinia Cortese and Susanne Sivonen, Maastricht University

11:00-11:30. Coffee break

11:30-13:00. Support to international cooperation at Doctoral level from universities

Chair: Pieter Spooren, Director of Antwerp Doctoral School and Project Manager

 

Organizational structures inside Universities (Doctoral Schools, Support Services to Incoming/Outcoming Doctoral Students).

Presentation from Universities participating in the project:

  • Laura Ruddick, Senior PGR Manager and Leanne Andrews, Faculty Dean Postgraduate, University of Essex
  • Marie Sander, Bremen University
  • To be determined, Antwerp University
  • Marco Celentani, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

13:00-13:30. Closing Discussion and Wrap-up

Marco Celentani and Pieter Spooren

 

13:30-14:00. Current new projects: YUFE

Matilde Pilar Sánchez Fernández, Vice Rector for Internationalization and European University

 

14:00. Closing and farewell

14:00-15:00. Lunch-buffet